Ex-Mob Boss “Baby Shacks” Gets 5 Years in Strip Club Plot

The former boss of the New England Mafia has been sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison for his role in the
shakedown of Providence strip clubs.

Luigi "Baby Shacks" Manocchio learned his punishment Friday in federal court in Providence.

The 84-year-old Manocchio pleaded guilty in February to one count of racketeering conspiracy for his role in the strip club plot that prosecutors say netted $800,000 to $1.5 million in ill-gotten gains. Manocchio says he never personally threatened anybody.

Another man that authorities say has mob ties was sentenced Friday to 3 years and 1 month in prison.
Raymond "Scarface" Jenkins pleaded guilty to extortion conspiracy for his role in the shakedown of a used-car salesman for $25,000.

Nine people described by prosecutors as mob leaders, members or associates have been ensnared by the probe into the Mafia's extortion activities.

(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)